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1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Paint

Hello,
Thank you for having this great Forum. Your products are great. I'm the 2nd owner of a 1979 Lincoln Continental Coupe. All perfect except the paint on the hood, truck and roof. It's a little flat. I would like to know what wax product your recommend on paint that is 39 years old. I value her age and her perfection. Thank You

Re: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Paint

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Re: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Paint

So sorry, let me try again. I am a novice with car finishes. I have owned this Lincoln for 15 years and always used a paste wax. She is kept inside with her custom cover. I have researched you question and have found the Lincoln was a single stage, enamel with no clear coat. It looks they started using a clear coat in 1980. Her sides are great but her hood, roof and truck have lost their shine because they almost appear a slight mat finish.

Re: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Paint

Two friends of mine who are also Members of this Meguiars Online Forum and fellow El Camino owners have successfully used M07 and followed up with polishing. BillyJack posts frequently here. HkdUp87 got a great buy on a '69 El Camino with a frozen engine. It was painted 10 years earlier in a water based single stage cheap paint. It was neglected by the previous owner. He followed the M07 techniques of Mike Phillips and then used Meguiars 105 compound, then M205 Meguairs Polish followed by Ultimate Paste Wax. Both guys will tell you Mike Phillips M07 first method is the way to approach restoring old single stage paint.

Both will tell you to use caution and not be aggressive. The paint can be very thin.

Re: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe Paint

Polishing the Pumpkin
This is Member HkdUp87 '69 single stage repaint.
It has already gone through a couple of overnight saturations with M07.

The drivers side roof is cleaned (clayed) and ready for more work.
The passenger side of roof has just finished Meguiar's Ultra Cut Compound M105 with a dual action polisher.
The hood has had the next step with Meguiars polish M205 Ultra Finishing Polish M205 with a dual action polisher.

This is not a show car. It has a particular job to do (see last image).